Ramla Ali was in tears after defeating Mikiah Kreps to become the unified super-bantamweight world champion, dedicating the moment to her late father.
The Somali-born boxer has long carried her family's story into the ring, and this victory felt like the fullest expression of that journey. Winning a unified world title is one of the sport's most demanding achievements, and Ali claimed it with the kind of emotional weight that made the moment impossible to hold back.
She dedicated the win to her late father, a tribute that brought her to tears and gave the victory a meaning beyond the belt itself.
For fans who have followed Ali's rise from refugee to world champion, this is the moment they always believed was coming. The question now is what she does with the crown.
Originally published by BBC Africa.